. The heart of oak books . THE STORY OF Puss IN IN PICTURES. THE HEART OF OAK BOOKS. 121. THE STORY OF Puss IN IN PICTURES. 122 HISTORY OF SIS E. WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT. THE HISTORY OF SIR R. WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT. Richard Whittington was supposed to have beenan outcast, for he did not know his parents, theyeither dying or leaving him to the parish of Taun-ton Dean, in Somersetshire. As he grew up, being displeased with the cruel us-age of his nurse, he ran away from her at seven yearsof age, and travelled about the country, living uponthe charity of well-disposed pers
. The heart of oak books . THE STORY OF Puss IN IN PICTURES. THE HEART OF OAK BOOKS. 121. THE STORY OF Puss IN IN PICTURES. 122 HISTORY OF SIS E. WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT. THE HISTORY OF SIR R. WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT. Richard Whittington was supposed to have beenan outcast, for he did not know his parents, theyeither dying or leaving him to the parish of Taun-ton Dean, in Somersetshire. As he grew up, being displeased with the cruel us-age of his nurse, he ran away from her at seven yearsof age, and travelled about the country, living uponthe charity of well-disposed persons, till he grew upto be a fine sturdy youth; when at last, beingthreatened to be whipped if he continued in that idlecourse of life, he resolved to go to London, whosestreets he heard were paved with gold. Not knowing the way, he followed the carrier;and at night, for the little services he did him inrubbing his horses, he got from him a supper. When he arrived in this famous city, the carrier,supposing he would become a troublesome hanger-on,told him plainly he must leave the inn, and immedi-
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